Shigeru Honjo

Shigeru Honjo (10 May 1876-30 November 1945) was a general of Japan who was the commander of the Kwantung Army from 1 August 1931 to 8 August 1932, succeeding Takashi Hishikari and preceding Nobuyoshi Muto.

Biography
Shigeru Honjo was born on 10 May 1876 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, and he graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1897. He served in the Japanese 20th Infantry Regiment in the Russo-Japanese War and was promoted to Captain during the conflict, and in 1917 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. Honjo fought in the Siberian Intervention of the Russian Civil War, and in 1922 he was promoted to Major-General. In 1931, while a Lieutenant-General, Honjo was made commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army and led the Japanese armies during the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 after the Mukden Incident. In 1936, he retired from the IJA after he was accused of taking part in the February 26 Incident coup against Emperor Hirohito, and in 1945 he was arrested by the United States after the end of World War II. Accused of war crimes, he killed himself before he could stand trial.